Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Imagine this - you're in Cape Town...

And you've had the perfect morning. A family breakfast, followed by a walk along Cape Town's Waterfront, and a take-away cafe mocha to enjoy while writing back in the hotel room. A new marimba CD is playing on a rented laptop (that incidentally has more than 15 minutes of battery life, allowing you to write from bed, as you're getting the baby to sleep). And your little boy falls asleep without protest. Could life be any better?

Of course, no adventure would be complete without some unplanned hiccups. Over the past few days, we've experienced the torrential rains that are characteristic of Cape Town in the winter, a drive through the Constantia Wine Region (save yourself the trip if it's overcast), and have eaten at one of CNN's "hot spots" for Cape Town - Savoy Cabbage, which, although nice, doesn't compare to our all-time favorite Cape Town establishment... Baia (no official website).

A fantastic companion for Cape Town, which I've been reading at every opportunity, is the book A City Imagined. I highly recommend it for anyone who has ever lived in, visited, or dreamed about visiting South Africa.

Once Lukas wakes up, our plan is to check out a couple nearby hotels, then head to the Two Oceans Aquarium, which is just 10 minutes away from where we're now staying (the Victoria & Alfred Hotel). And tonight we'll be having dinner North of the city center in the Blauberg area.

Unfortunately, I won't be able to get any photos online for you until we return to Mossel Bay on Wednesday, but hopefully the picture I've painted with my words has whet your appetite. :-)

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Liz Kraft is a writer, blogger, traveler, mother of three, and aspiring humanitarian,.
Based in Erlangen, Germany, Liz currently works at hl-studios in Erlangen, an amazing advertising agency that she absolutely adores. She's also worked at Bavarian television, as a freelancer, and as a Marketing Communications Specialist at Siemens, where her job supporting a global product line took her on monthly trips across the Atlantic.
A native of Florida, she has a Bachelors degree in Advertising and Public Relations from the Nicholson School of Communications at the University of Central Florida. More recently, Liz attended multiple online courses at the esteemed mediabistro.com, allowing her to pursue travel writing and journalism with much vigor.
Despite having visited 20 countries, five of which she has been fortunate enough to call "home", Liz still feels as though she knows little about the world. From the townships of South Africa to the camps of Haiti, she finds it impossible to close her eyes to the great suffering - and beauty - of the world.